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By AtrosFri Mar 2nd 2018 at 3:40 am

Honestly not surprised at Claw rejecting this. Even if he hadn’t retired, taking actual leadership of the world/solar system/universe doesn’t seem like Claws style or endgame. Too much management and babysitting ruling everything.

Aye, Ace of Spade speaks true, WuseMajor: the government is not the private sector. Even if it was the same thing, I’ll also point out that Claw doesn’t always do the best job of running his own organization. It is a very entertaining job for we the readers, but remember this comic strips history. We were introduced to Claw and company when the new death traps he had installed in his base killed off so many henchmen, they not only had to aggressively recruit more but dramatically lower their standards. XD

Agreed. Add into the fact that Claw has really put a lot of points into family protection/caring father. Becoming such a leader puts a target on his whole family. Not something he wants to knowingly do at such a large scale.

Yeah, I think Claw is wisely recognizing both his limits as a leader and the very real downsides of their proposal. At the same time, he might be useful in helping solidify this alliance, which would also help Earth. If the reformed Empire falls apart in civil war, Earth could get drawn into it willy-nilly.

Not sure if claw rejecting is a good play or not. On one hand taking leadership and then moving OFF world would keep earth safe, but Claw Sr. Isn’t the kind of guy who leaves retirement to be a martyr. On the other hand aliens are weird and this could easily turn in to “How dare you refuse to lead us, Now we must destroy you.” and instead of one emperor and his fleet you have every king/president/czar/hive queen/federation/corporation/head of other organized society coming personally with their own fleet to wipe out the humiliation of someone refusing the be their emperor. Of course Claw Sr. said it himself, taking the job and staying on Earth would be putting his home world in the middle of a crap fiesta.